Ideas
Let’s Call Trump’s Parade What it Is: Another Dangerous Attempt to Divide Us
I know a thing or two about good military ceremonies, and Trump’s parade is a bad idea.
Defense Systems
The state of unmanned systems
The Defense Department is expected to continue to invest in unmanned systems in air, on land and at sea as missions expand and capabilities grow.
Policy
Two-Year Budget Deal Would Raise Caps, Give Pentagon $700B in 2018
The deal comes with a new continuing resolution to give House and Senate lawmakers time to work out details.
Science & Tech
State Dept. Reverses Course, Plans to Launch Cyber and Digital Economy Bureau
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson earlier shuttered a cyber coordinator’s office with similar duties.
Science & Tech
DOD Issued a $7 Million Cloud Support Contract To a Company With One Employee
The Defense Department awarded a sole-source contract to Eagle Harbor Solutions, an Alaska-based small business with a single employee, to consult in its major cloud acquisition.
Defense Systems
PacStar system brings secure communications to the front
PacStar and Fidelis have partnered to create a solution that secures military communications at the tactical edge.
Ideas
The Chance of Accidental Nuclear War Is Growing
Recapitalizing the U.S. nuclear deterrent won't help. What's missing is a strategy and resources to reduce risks of cataclysmic accidents, miscalculation, and human error.
Defense Systems
Air Force Research Lab IT awards $97M IT contract
Three companies win spots on a five-year, $97.3 million contract for IT support services.
Business
Pentagon Warns CEOs: Protect Your Data or Lose Our Contracts
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says cybersecurity should be a top priority for its contractors.
Science & Tech
The Marines Are Giving Quadcopters to Every Squad
The Corps says new robots, tech, and video games will keep Marines on the tactical edge.
Science & Tech
How Long Did the US Government Know about Spectre and Meltdown?
The largest CPU bug in history caught the Defense Department by surprise. Or not.
Threats
Mattis: New Sea-Launched Cruise Missile Is a Bargaining Chip
But don’t call the low-yield option a ‘tactical nuclear weapon’ — it’s still strategic, he says.
Ideas
Inside The World's Most Radical Experiment in Women’s Rights
The women’s movement in northern Syria is more like a women’s earthquake, in politics, governance, and the region's security.
Business
What ‘Buy America’ Looks Like at an Overseas Air Show
State Department officials say they’re upping their presence at the Singapore Airshow this week as part of the administration’s push to sell more arms abroad.
Ideas
An Advise-and-Assist Commander Has Advice for the US Army's New Partner-Trainers
Security Force Assistance Brigades, or SFABs, are a great concept, but even the best ideas have limitations and room for improvement.
Policy
How the Nunes Memo Harms Intelligence Oversight
The document’s lasting effect will be undermining the ability of Congress to prevent political abuses of surveillance powers.
Business